Spouse visa- can we wait?
Oct 2nd 2002 | 6:10 am
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Spouse visa- can we wait?
Hi - does anyone know what happends after a spouse vias is given? how long does my husband have to enter the county and how long does he have to stay there? what if he wanted to go for a year and then come back? but still retain the right to re-enter? Thanks
Oct 2nd 2002 | 6:34 am
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Re: Spouse visa- can we wait?
Hi Laura and Ash, I am also emigrating on a spouse visa (I'm English and Cath is Australian). I have to enter by my inital entry date as shown on the visa (15.01.03) and then it is valid for 5 years. This date is the one year anniversay of my medical check but it could also be the one year anniversary of your police clearance check- it depends which you got first. My understanding is that I can come and go as often as I want during this period but if I am out of the country when my visa expires I am not allowed to re-enter Aus. I think that I have to obtain a further visa called a returned resident visa ot take Australian citizenship to get around thisprior to leaving. I hope I am right or I have just done a lot of one fingered typing for nothing!!!
Regards Pat
Regards Pat
Originally posted by laurash:
Hi - does anyone know what happends after a spouse vias is given? how long does my husband have to enter the county and how long does he have to stay there? what if he wanted to go for a year and then come back? but still retain the right to re-enter? Thanks
Hi - does anyone know what happends after a spouse vias is given? how long does my husband have to enter the county and how long does he have to stay there? what if he wanted to go for a year and then come back? but still retain the right to re-enter? Thanks
Oct 2nd 2002 | 9:24 am
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Re: Spouse visa- can we wait?
>On Wed, 02 Oct 2002 18:34:09 +0000, Pat wrote:
>Hi Laura and Ash, I am also emigrating on a spouse visa (I'm English and
>Cath is Australian). I have to enter by my inital entry date as shown on
>the visa (15.01.03) and then it is valid for 5 years.
If you look at your visa you'll find the 5 year period expires 5 years
from visa grant, not from the initial entry date.
You've obviously got the permanent spouse visa, people with the
temporary visa only get it for 30 months.
> This date is the
> one year anniversay of my medical check but it could also be the one
> year anniversary of your police clearance check- it depends which you
> got first. My understanding is that I can come and go as often as I want
> during this period but if I am out of the country when my visa expires I
> am not allowed to re-enter Aus.
Not using that visa, anyway.
> I think that I have to obtain a further
> visa called a returned resident visa ot take Australian citizenship to
> get around thisprior to leaving.
Australian citizenship makes a lot more sense. Many British people
'never get around to it' and sometimes lose their PR later on as a
result.
Jeremy
>Hi Laura and Ash, I am also emigrating on a spouse visa (I'm English and
>Cath is Australian). I have to enter by my inital entry date as shown on
>the visa (15.01.03) and then it is valid for 5 years.
If you look at your visa you'll find the 5 year period expires 5 years
from visa grant, not from the initial entry date.
You've obviously got the permanent spouse visa, people with the
temporary visa only get it for 30 months.
> This date is the
> one year anniversay of my medical check but it could also be the one
> year anniversary of your police clearance check- it depends which you
> got first. My understanding is that I can come and go as often as I want
> during this period but if I am out of the country when my visa expires I
> am not allowed to re-enter Aus.
Not using that visa, anyway.
> I think that I have to obtain a further
> visa called a returned resident visa ot take Australian citizenship to
> get around thisprior to leaving.
Australian citizenship makes a lot more sense. Many British people
'never get around to it' and sometimes lose their PR later on as a
result.
Jeremy
